The data released today also shows that growth in 2012 was significant across all different qualification levels, with Certificate I and II up 30 per cent, Certificate III and IV up 27 per cent and Diploma and above enrolments up nine per cent.

uk) shows that vocational education programmes are breeding Britain's next top entrepreneurs, as more than 335,000 who are aged 25-35 years old with a Vocational Qualification level 2/3 (VQ) plan to start their own business in the next five years.

Further direction was provided in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2007 where it stated, "The Secretary of Defense shall establish different levels of joint qualification, as well as the criteria for qualification at each level; each level shall, as a minimum, have both joint education criteria and joint experience criteria; and the purpose of establishing such qualification levels is to ensure a systematic, progressive, careerlong development of officers in joint matters and to ensure that officers serving as general and flag officers have the requisite experience and education to be highly proficient in joint matters.